阿娘

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Chinese

phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 
mother; young lady
trad. (阿娘)
simp. #(阿娘)

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) 阿娘

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Huaining Gan, Xiayang Northern Min, Southern Min, Jinxiang Wu, Chenxi Xiang) mother
  2. (Zhejiang Wu, Pinghua) paternal grandmother
  3. (Fuqing Eastern Min, Leizhou Min) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
  4. (Chixi Taishanese) mother-in-law (wife's mother)
  5. (Du'an Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Zhejiang Wu) paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)
  6. (dialectal Hakka) paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)
  7. (dialectal Mandarin, Conghua Cantonese, Wu) paternal aunt (father's sister)
  8. (Yunnan Mandarin, Wenzhounese Wu) maternal aunt (mother's sister)
  9. (Simao Mandarin) sister-in-law (husband's younger sister)
  10. (Sanming) wife
  11. (Cantonese, dated) father's primary wife
  12. (Wenzhounese Wu, dated) father's concubine
  13. (Northern Min) woman
  14. (obsolete, polite) elderly woman
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 阿娘

  1. (Southern Min, dated) mistress (a female master)
    1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) A term of address used by a maidservant for the mistress.

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) 阿娘

  1. (Southern Min, dated, in love songs) you (female singular)

Verb

阿娘

  1. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to assume the behaviour of a young rich lady

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